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Suspension Advice Needed, Front bars, shocks and rear springs. |
jmill |
May 22 2011, 09:08 AM
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Green Hornet Group: Members Posts: 2,449 Joined: 9-May 08 From: Racine, Wisconsin Member No.: 9,038 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Building a Street/Track car, think more track than street. The car is flared with 16x7's and 16x8's. Building a 2.4 6 with 2.2S p/c's and 911 front suspension. I need some advice on front torsion bar size, rear springs, inserts/shocks, and sway bar size. Thanks. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)
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PeeGreen 914 |
Jun 7 2011, 10:20 AM
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Just when you think you're done...wait, there is more..lol Group: Members Posts: 10,219 Joined: 21-September 06 From: Seattle, WA... actually Everett Member No.: 6,884 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Around $6 to $7k the last timeI talked to Greg. May be a little more now. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
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J P Stein |
Jun 7 2011, 01:27 PM
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Irrelevant old fart Group: Members Posts: 8,797 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Vancouver, WA Member No.: 45 Region Association: None |
Around $6 to $7k the last timeI talked to Greg. May be a little more now. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) I can think of several ways to spend that kind of money on items that I think will decrease lap times more effectively.....none of which have an equal bling factor, but there it is......that would seem to be true for every car I see represented on this forum. If you need that last tenth to win your class at the Nats they may be worth it. |
grantsfo |
Jun 7 2011, 04:08 PM
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Arrrrhhhh! Group: Members Posts: 4,327 Joined: 16-March 03 Member No.: 433 Region Association: None |
Around $6 to $7k the last timeI talked to Greg. May be a little more now. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) I can think of several ways to spend that kind of money on items that I think will decrease lap times more effectively.....none of which have an equal bling factor, but there it is......that would seem to be true for every car I see represented on this forum. If you need that last tenth to win your class at the Nats they may be worth it. Just spend some time at National event with large number of top notch competitors. Speak with top racing teams who model suspensions and see what their data says. Spend some time actually testing and seeing difference between a standard koni or Bilstein tube and a well built cansiter shock. The difference in handling is remarkable. On track I was able to tune issues out of the car very easy with JRZ's. Even at AX when we had issues we completely changed handling of the car. Good 3 way adjustable shocks are awesome for multipurpose car. I would argue a 914 is even in more need of a good damper than most modern cars as you are dealing with non abs braking systems, less than ideal suspension geometry, etc. When JP's car was beaten by stock Miatas at National tour event I can assure you those Miatas had better shocks than his car. Not a bunch of "mods". Almost every top car in Street Prepared, Prepared and Modified use top notch 3 way adjustable shocks with cans. Remember JP is the guy that used to tell us that his 200 HP motor was too powerful for his race slick clad E mod 914 and that he couldnt keep power to the ground. ...hmmmm Now the car has 350 HP? double hmmmm. If you are interested in being fastest in a given class high quality triple adjustable shocks are best bang for the buck investment. in my opinion If you are like JP and some others and just want to beat street cars in a fast modified 914 on race tires then I would agree good set of shocks is a waste of money. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) I'm curious. Now that AST has bought Moton I hear that they will keep Moton as premium offering and offer AST as more mid range damper. The race team I work with on my Z uses AST 3 way adjustables on Grand Am cars as part of sponsorship and contingency package and while they arent quite as nice as the JRz's they are very capable shock. Wonder if they make a application for the 914? http://www.ast-usa.com/ast-usa-shock-absor...roduct-list.php |
J P Stein |
Jun 7 2011, 06:18 PM
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Irrelevant old fart Group: Members Posts: 8,797 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Vancouver, WA Member No.: 45 Region Association: None |
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